think. >> it's affected business investment and explains the pickup in the economy this year. i think when i look at it, i think paul ryan was the right person at the right time because he's very wonky. he knows all the stuff inside and out. the other day i watched his opening speech for the 115th congress and it was remarkable how consistent sil cocillatory . i think he had a real skill in herding the cats. i think he gets a lot of credit for having gotten the tax reform done. >> paul: a lot of president trump supporters won't like to hear this. i'm going to say it anyway. i think many of president trump's most important accomplishments, tax reform, deregulation, the military spending bill, judges, those are the traditional conservative republican agenda. when you look at the things that were supposed to be the popul.